Combination storm window



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iatented Oct. 9, 1945 UNITED STATES PATN'l' OFFICE COMBINATION STORM WINDOW Joseph L. Metzger, Louisville, Ohio Application June 26, 1944, serial No. 542,044

4 claims. (ci. 16o- 182) tion is that the frame of my combination storm window andV screen is flat, and the removable glass and screen sashes therein lie ush with the frame, so that the frame may be attached to the outside face of any window casing without fitting or otherwise adapting my invention for mounting on ,a window, except to slightly bevel the lower edge to t the sill of the window casing.

The storm sashes and screens are the same size and are interchangeable, and no tting is required to adapt them to the frame. Furthermore, very little hardware is required and my entire devicemay be made up and sold at relatively small cost and may be mounted on a window casing by an ordinary householder without the help of skilled labor, special tools or the like. screen sashes and window sashes of my invention may be set up and removed with no eiiort and without help or tools.

Other important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent as the detailed description proceeds with reference to the drawings, but

it is to be understood that changes may be made in form, shape, size, proportion, construction and arrangement of parts without departing from'my broad inventive concept, or what is claimed.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an ordinary window casing with my invention applied thereto; screens being shown in my frame;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a vertical section through a window casing and shows the detailed construction of my invention; glass sashes being substituted for screens to provide a storm window;

Figure 4 is a sectional detail of the rabbeted connection between a sash and a frame of my invention;

Figure 5 is a vertical elevation (from the inside) of my frame and sashes per se; screen sashes being used.

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 6--6 of Figure 5; L

Figure 7 is a detail of the bolt adjustment for ventilation, and

Figure 8 is a detail of a plate spring for holding the upper sash in place.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views:

The numeral I designates ordinary frame building wall construction in which is an ordinaryl ,Y

window casing 2 having upper and lower window sashes 3 and d. The casing has a top 5, side rails 6 and a sill l. All of the aforementioned parts are conventional and form no part of my present invention.

My invention embodies a rectangular a't frame 8 which is attached as at 9 to the outer flat face of the casing 2, with the lower edge resting on the sill I--a drain opening I being left, if desired. It will be noted that no fitting is required to mount my frame, except slight beveling of the bottom edge to t the sill.

My frame has a top and a bottom rail, I land I2 v respectively, and side rails I3 the inner edges of Also the which are rabbeted as at I to fit the rabbeted edges I5 of lmy screen or glass-sashes I6. The upper and lower sashes of each frame are the same size and are interchangeable, and may be screen 0r glass depending on whether my invention is to be used as a storm window or screen, or partly glassed and partly screened. Each sash (whether glass or screen) has rabbeted edges I5 fitting rabbeted edges I4 and top, bottom and side -rails which lie ush with the top, bottom and side lattached as at 23 to each side of the lower sash I8 with the base upward. and each is provided with a row of openings 24 to receive slide bolts 25 carried by the lower sash to lock the lower sash in place, and in any one of several open positions for ventilation. Brackets 22 t between the ordinary windows and my device. A catch plate or stop 26 may be provided at the bottom,

i-f desired.

is provided. It is believed that the operation and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing, but it is again emphasized that interpretation of my invention should only be made in the light of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. A combination storm window and screen, comprising a frame adapted to lie flat against the outside face of a window casing and be attached thereto withthe bottom edge resting on the sill, interchangeable, similarly formed, shaped and proportioned sashes for the frame, said sashes and frame having inter-connected rabbetededges and each sash having the inner and outer faces ush with the inner and outer faces of the frame, means for detachably vconnecting the sashes in the frame, wherein brackets are mounted on the frame on each 1atera1 side of the lower sash, and means on the side portions of said sash yadjustably engaging each bracket at a forward position thereon to tilt the sash with respect to the frame to provide ventilation.

2. The invention as described in claim 1 wherein. triangular brackets formed with spaced horizontally offset openings are respectively mounted on the frame to each side of, the lower sash, and sliding catches are carried 'by said sash to engage in selected openings in the brackets to tiltably adjust the lower sash with' reference to the frame to provide ventilation.

3. The invention as described in claim 1 wherein spring plates are carried by the frame to either side of the upper sash to support the upper sash, .and said plates being flexible to permit tilting and removal of the upper sash from the frame.

4. The combinationvwith a window casing and sill, of a frame attached to the outer'face of the casing and resting on the sill, and interchangeable screens and window sashes of similar size, shape, and proportions detachably mounted in the frame to form either a storm window or screens, their inner and outer faces being flush with the frame, and means for detachably holding the same in the frame.

IJOSEPH L. METZGER. 

